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Foxconn BlackOPS (Retail version)

FOXCONN officially launched the eagerly awaited BLACKOPS motherboard in 18th of April. Based on the Intel® X48 chipset and including unique features for extreme overclockers and enthusiasts, BLACKOPS is the second motherboard in the Quantum Force series.

“We are proud to be bringing to market aproduct of this quality – not only have we incorporated unique features neverseen before on a motherboard, but we have created a platform which is highly tunable and will certainly continue to set performance records, as we have seenin various trials over the past months” Greta Kuo, QF Product Manager, stated.

First demonstrated to media at the CES Showin Las Vegas, back in January, tried and tested by numerous overclocking teamsand enthusiasts, and demonstrated once again at last month’s CeBIT exhibitionin Germany, BLACKOPS will soon be available for enthusiasts all over the world.

Unique features for enthusiasts

BLACKOPS brings several firsts to market,and heralds major improvements in critical areas of motherboard design, including BIOS, power delivery and cooling – the revered trinity of overclocking.

The new Quantum BIOS is a quantum leap over the previous generation Gladiator BIOS found on the MARS motherboard. The new BIOS menus are intuitive and user friendly, organized ingroups of inter-related settings. Not only are there many more voltage options,but they are arranged into groups relating to the different areas that they affect … CPU, Memory, FSB, etc. Notable additions to the tweaking options are CPU PPL and GTL for quad-core overclocking – expected to be widely-used byoverclockers pushing their Core™2 Extreme and Core™2 Quad processors.

In the cooling stakes, the 4in1 Quantum Cooler is an all-copper NB-SB-VRMheatpipe solution with a difference; thanks to bundled accessories, the NorthBridge (NB) section of the cooler can be quickly adapted for passive or activeair cooling, water cooling or even extreme LN2 or dry ice cooling! According to Peter Tan, Quantum ForceTechnical Consultant, the 4in1 Quantum Cooler “is the most adaptable andeffective cooling solution ever integrated onto a motherboard”.

New power regulation offers better stability and higher output capability

The 8 phase Digital PWM provides more robust power delivery, standing up to the demands of enthusiastsand overclockers. Quantum Force engineers have spent 3 months finely-tuning and optimizing this digital system so that itoperates with better power efficiency, has a faster and more stable response tochanges in power consumption, and delivers higher current output capability tosupport extreme overclocking.

“There is no doubt that the 8-phase Digital PWM found on BLACKOPS can sustain the massive demands which will be placed onit by enthusiasts and extreme overclockers... it can even do this whilstgenerating less heat switching between different voltage requirements withgreater speed and reliability” asserts Peter Tan.

BLACKOPS includes a range of accessories designed toprovide additional convenience and performance enhancements for overclockers.In addition to the 4in1 Quantum Cooler accessories (which include a NB fan,extension tower for LN2 cooling and water cooling block), BLACKOPS owners willalso receive variable resistors for volt-modding,the Quantum Lap motherboard tray forconvenient workbench access to all parts of the motherboard, and the Quantum Flow kit – which improves airflowaround installed VGA cards. The Quantum Flow fan can be installed in ahorizontal or vertical position, and lowers temperatures around multi-VGA rigs by around 5ºC.Safety and convenience for overclocking

Onboard CMOS reset and power on/offbuttons, a 2-digit LED debug display and the OC Recover feature all combine tospeed up recovery time from unsuccessful overclocking attempts, whilst the new Twin BIOS feature safeguards against BIOS corruption and enables hot-swapping of BIOS chips.

Meanwhile, the BoostSwitch header, conveniently located on the motherboard near the CPU socket, enables hardware selection of CPU clock speed without entering the BIOS.

Pricing & Availability

The BLACKOPS motherboard will be available in retail channels this month, priced around US$400.
For further information about Quantum Forceand the BLACKOPS motherboard, go to http://www.quantum-force.net

Cant wait for this to hit US retailers. Been following this board since shown way back in Jan and been checking just about everyday since the April 18 release for it on etailers sites. I know its here soon but damn come on. COME OUT . Already downloaded the manual for it and everything.

Cant wait for this to hit US retailers. Been following this board since shown way back in Jan and been checking just about everyday since the April 18 release for it on etailers sites. I know its here soon but damn come on. COME OUT . Already downloaded the manual for it and everything.

Just wait a bit more. You wont be disappointed

Originally Posted by TedShred

Looks like that cool-looking panel isn't in the mix. Nonetheless, I have a funny feeling my mastercard account will be taking a $400US hit sometime soon.

I want another one.....
No kiding but some of the guys who will buy this mobo, will start to "accuse" it because they will find it a bit "difficult" compared to what they are used to up to now...Be patttient and "understand" how it works......Some of us will upload guides for you for start, not to be confused and start "smoothly"....
I'm telling you this:
"When you "understand" and know how to work with it, there is NO TURNING BACK to anything other"......

EDIT: At this point I HAVE to congrat Shamino aka Peter for his great work and effort ON this mobo and ALSO the bios engineers of it who were pussed hard by us providing EVEN THREE bioses a day.....

I'm telling you this:
"When you "understand" and know how to work with it, there is NO TURNING BACK to anything other"...... [/B]

didn't think i'd see the day when hipro turns his back on Asus
these boards must be damn good

i know what you mean when you say be patient and learn the board....i feel like that about 790i boards....they are crazy good but they do have some usual quirks which upset a lot of wannabe OCers who don't like it when they get a curve ball

didn't think i'd see the day when hipro turns his back on Asus
these boards must be damn good

i know what you mean when you say be patient and learn the board....i feel like that about 790i boards....they are crazy good but they do have some usual quirks which upset a lot of wannabe OCers who don't like it when they get a curve ball

I'm not turning my back on anyone....
I just LOVE this board.....It just remainds my of the good old days of ABIT IC7.....
PLUS (and to be honnest with this), I have ~100 - 150MHz better overclockability AND stabillity at max frequency under LN2 than any other mobo(not calling names)......
So, what whould you "prefair" when competition "hits" you?....5800MHz 3Ds OR 6000MHz 3Ds?....

I want another one.....
No kiding but some of the guys who will buy this mobo, will start to "accuse" it because they will find it a bit "difficult" compared to what they are used to up to now...Be patttient and "understand" how it works......Some of us will upload guides for you for start, not to be confused and start "smoothly"....
I'm telling you this:
"When you "understand" and know how to work with it, there is NO TURNING BACK to anything other"......

EDIT: At this point I HAVE to congrat Shamino aka Peter for his great work and effort ON this mobo and ALSO the bios engineers of it who were pussed hard by us providing EVEN THREE bioses a day.....

This is so true Some users will have problems with this board, but when you just try different combination, you start to understand how impressive motherboard this is.

I have played 6 months with this mobo and I think, that now I know it well enough